We have often been asked by our partners in Europe to arrange a Cape Group Tour and so we went to Cape Town and to the West Coast in December/January this year to do research, but we were unable to do research on the Garden Route and in the Eastern Cape until April. It was impossible to see accommodation and to arrange meetings on the Garden Route in December and January. Those places are much too busy in those months.
In our previous article there was a misunderstanding regarding what we tried to convey. The Western Cape naturists and naturist associations saw the article, not in a positive light, although we are trying to get various naturist groups to work together. This was not done intentionally, and we offer our sincere apology. We hope the people that felt offended, will publish articles in the SANNA Newsletter in future to update us all about their progress, their goals, and their events. We sincerely wish them all the very best regarding their plans.
THE POLICY OF JOXILOX TOURS IS TO SUPPORT ALL NEW AND EXISTING NATURIST RESORTS, NATURIST GUESTHOUSES, NATURIST ASSOCIATIONS AND NATURIST GROUPS. We have had numerous meetings and workshops with owners and members who truly appreciated our input and advice. We believe that new and existing naturist resorts, naturist guesthouses, naturist associations and naturist groups need to work together, and we believe that they need ALL THE SUPPORT that they can get. It is not easy to increase numbers – membership, sales, and profit, especially in the first 3 years. It is even more difficult if it is done part time by volunteers.
Let's get back to business. Joxilox Tours is always searching for naturist and/or naturist friendly accommodation for our group tours which are normally between 6 and 16 people – and some are single naturists who do not want to share a bedroom. That is a HUGE challenge for us especially in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces. That means that we need between 3 and 10 bedrooms or chalets and ALL ACCOMMODATION NEEDS TO BE DELUXE AND THEY NEED TO HAVE EN-SUITE BATHROOMS. None of our guests want to share a bathroom. Of course, the guests want to skinny dip and they like to spend as much time as possible nude. If you know of accommodation that fits that description, PLEASE LET US KNOW! Kindly send an email to lofty@joxilox.com.
We managed to find numerous private game reserves in the Eastern and Western Cape areas, and we made appointments to see some of the accommodation, to see the privacy (or lack of privacy) and to find out about the excursions such as game drives (safaris). Our research determined that the accommodation prices are higher there because there are no options for self-catering. All provide 3 meals per day (Full Board) and 2 compulsory game drives per day. We would still book at those places but there are none that are private enough to go nude. We are fortunate to have perfect, affordable accommodation in the Kruger National Park Area. The other difference is that the BIG5 animals advertised there are not seen as much compared to Kruger, Pilanesberg or Dinokeng Game Reserves. We concluded that the nice Cape wines consumed on the game drives, make up for the shortage of wild animals.
In Cape Town we have access to 2 naturist guesthouses which we will book for our tours. Regarding the areas outside Cape Town, we have managed to find some accommodation which can become "naturist" if we book at least half of the bedrooms/chalets which we are happy to do. Some are surrounded by wine farms and so we can go on wine tasting excursions within walking distance from the accommodation.
